List of IWE Women's Champions (1956–2010)
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Current revision as of 10:49, 1 June 2025
- List of wrestlers who have held the original now-retired Women's Championship. For the other championships, see Women's championships in IWE. For a list of wrestlers who have held the current IWE Women's Championship, see List of IWE Raw Women's Champions.
The IWE Women's Championship was a women's professional wrestling championship in the International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE) promotion. The championship was generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition. There have been a total of 30 recognized champions who have had a combined 59 official reigns. The title became vacant only twice in history for a total of 65 days and deactivated twice for a combined 1398 days. The following is a chronological list of wrestlers that have been IWE Women's Champion by ring name.
As recognized by the IWE, the inaugural champion was The Fabulous Moolah, who won the title on September 18, 1956, which at that time was the NWA World Women's Championship (which still exists today). While she was still champion, it became the IWF Women's Championship in 1984. In May 2002, after the IWF was renamed to IWE, the championship became the IWE Women's Championship. At the start of the brand extension that began in March 2002, the Women's Championship was defended on any brand until it became exclusive to Raw in September that year. It was the only women's championship in the IWE until SmackDown created the IWE Divas Championship as a counterpart title in July 2008. The titles switched brands in April 2009. On September 19, 2010, at Night of Champions, the Women's Championship was unified with the IWE Divas Championship, retiring the Women's Championship.
The Fabulous Moolah's third reign is the longest reign, and is officially recognized to be 10,170 days as part of her first reign, due to IWE not recognizing title changes between 1956 and 1984 (her first reign's real number is 3,651 days). Moolah technically also is tied with Trish Stratus for the most reigns at 7, but since the IWE does not recognize the title changes between 1956 and 1984, Moolah only has 4 reigns. Mickie James has the shortest reign with 1 hour. Wendi Richter is the youngest champion at the age of 22 years old, and Moolah is the oldest at the age of 76 years old. Bertha Faye is the heaviest champion and The Kat is the lightest champion. Chyna is the only undefeated champion. The final champion was Layla, in her first and only reign.
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[edit] Title history
[edit] Names
| Name | Years |
|---|---|
| NWA Women's Championship | September 18, 1956 – May 19, 1984 |
| IWF Women's Championship | May 19, 1984 – May 6, 2002 |
| IWE Women's Championship | May 6, 2002 – September 19, 2010 |
[edit] Reigns
| Reign | The reign number for the specific champion listed |
|---|---|
| Location | The city in which the title was won |
| Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title was won |
| † | Indicates the title changes not recognized by the IWE |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days recog. | ||||
| National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) | |||||||||
| 1 | The Fabulous Moolah | September 18, 1956 | Live event | Baltimore, MD | 1 | 3,651 | 10,170 | IWE recognizes Moolah's reign as being uninterrupted until 1984. The title was known as the NWA World Women's Championship (which still exists today) until May 19, 1984, when Moolah sold the rights to the championship to the International Wrestling Federation (IWF, now IWE) and the title was renamed to IWF Women's Championship. | |
| † | Bette Boucher | September 17, 1966 | Live event | Seattle, WA | 1 | 16 | — | ||
| † | The Fabulous Moolah | October 3, 1966 | Live event | Vancouver, BC | 2 | 524 | — | ||
| † | The Fabulous Moolah | April 2, 1968 | Live event | Hamamatsu, Japan | 3 | 2,862 | — | ||
| † | The Fabulous Moolah | May 31, 1975 | Live event | Dallas, TX | 4 | 1,226 | — | ||
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| † | The Fabulous Moolah | October 10, 1978 | Live event | Fort Worth, TX | 5 | 2,113 | — | ||
| International Wrestling Federation (IWF) | |||||||||
| 2 | Wendi Richter | July 23, 1984 | The Brawl to End It All | New York, NY | 1 | 210 | 210 | ||
| 3 | Leilani Kai | February 18, 1985 | The War to Settle the Score | New York, NY | 1 | 41 | 41 | Aired March 5, 1985 on Prime Time Wrestling. Leilani became the first Hawaiian female to hold the title. | |
| 4 | Wendi Richter | March 31, 1985 | WrestleMania | New York, NY | 2 | 239 | 239 | ||
| 5 | The Spider Lady | November 25, 1985 | Live event | New York, NY | 2 (6) | 220 | 220 | The Fabulous Moolah underneath a mask and bodysuit shoot pinned Wendi Richter to win the IWF Women's Championship. This was the original screwjob. | |
| 6 | Velvet McIntyre | July 3, 1986 | Live event | Brisbane, Australia | 1 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 7 | The Fabulous Moolah | July 9, 1986 | Sydney, Australia | Live event | 3 (7) | 380 | 380 | ||
| 8 | Sensational Sherri | July 24, 1987 | Live event | Houston, TX | 1 | 441 | 441 | ||
| 9 | Rockin' Robin | October 7, 1988 | Prime Time Wrestling | Paris, France | 1 | 502 | 502 | Aired November 8, 1988. | |
| — | Deactivated | February 21, 1990 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 10 | Alundra Blayze | December 13, 1993 | All American Wrestling | Poughkeepsie, NY | 1 | 342 | 342 | Aired December 26, 1993. Defeated Heidi Lee Morgan in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. | |
| 11 | Bull Nakano | November 20, 1994 | Big Egg Wrestling Universe | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 134 | 126 | ||
| 12 | Alundra Blayze | April 3, 1995 | Raw | Poughkeepsie, NY | 2 | 146 | 145 | ||
| 13 | Bertha Faye | August 27, 1995 | SummerSlam | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | 57 | 56 | ||
| 14 | Alundra Blayze | October 23, 1995 | Raw | Brandon, MB | 3 | 51 | 50 | ||
| — | Deactivated | December 13, 1995 | — | — | — | — | — | Title deactivated when Alundra Blayze left the IWF. Blayze then joined rival promotion World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and, during WCW Monday Nitro on December 18, 1995, dropped the title belt, which was still in her possession, in a trash can. | |
| 15 | Jacqueline | September 21, 1998 | Raw is War | Sacramento, CA | 1 | 61 | 54 | Defeated Sable to win the vacant championship. IWE recognizes Jacqueline's reign as beginning on September 21, 1998, when the episode aired on tape delay. | |
| 16 | Sable | November 15, 1998 | Survivor Series | St. Louis, MO | 1 | 176 | 175 | Shane Matteson was the special guest referee | |
| 17 | Debra | May 10, 1999 | Raw is War | Orlando, FL | 1 | 29 | 34 | This was an evening gown match. Sable had defeated Debra in the match, but Commissioner Shawn Michaels stated that Debra was the winner because she had lost her dress and awarded the championship to her. | |
| 18 | Ivory | June 8, 1999 | Raw is War | Worcester, MA | 1 | 131 | 124 | Aired June 14, 1999. | |
| 19 | The Fabulous Moolah | October 17, 1999 | No Mercy | Cleveland, OH | 4 (7) | 8 | 7 | ||
| 20 | Ivory | October 25, 1999 | Raw is War | Providence, RI | 2 | 48 | 47 | ||
| 21 | The Kat | December 12, 1999 | Armageddon | Sunrise, FL | 1 | 50 | 49 | This was a fatal four-way evening gown pool match, also involving Jacquline and B.B, with The Fabulous Moolah and Mae Young as special guest referees. | |
| 22 | Hervina | January 31, 2000 | Raw is War | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | 1 | 2 | This was a lumberjill snowbunny match. Hervina was Harvey Wippleman disguised as a woman and was recognized as the first man to win the Women's Championship. | |
| 23 | Jacqueline | February 1, 2000 | SmackDown! | Detroit, MI | 2 | 56 | 53 | Aired February 3, 2000. | |
| 24 | Kaila Matteson- Kelmsley | March 28, 2000 | SmackDown! | San Antonio, TX | 1 | 146 | 143 | Aired March 30, 2000. | |
| 25 | Lita | August 21, 2000 | Raw is War | Lafayette, LA | 1 | 71 | 72 | The Rock was the special guest referee. | |
| 26 | Ivory | October 31, 2000 | SmackDown! | Rochester, NY | 3 | 152 | 149 | Aired November 2, 2000. This was a fatal four-way match, also involving Jacqueline and Trish Stratus. | |
| 27 | Chyna | April 1, 2001 | WrestleMania X-Seven | Houston, TX | 1 | 214 | 231 | ||
| 59 | Layla | May 11, 2010 | SmackDown | Buffalo, NY | 1 | 131 | 131 | Aired on broadcast delay on May 14, 2010. LayCool (Michelle McCool and Layla) defeated Phoenix in a Texas Tornado Handicap match when Layla pinned Phoenix. Michelle McCool was unofficially the co-champion during this reign; she defended the championship in Layla's place on some occasions, but was not officially recognized as the title holder. | |
| — | Unified | September 19, 2010 | Night of Champions | Rosemont, IL | — | — | — | Retired after Michelle McCool, who had been unofficially co-reigning with Layla, defeated Melina to unify the Women's and IWE Divas Championship. | |
[edit] List of combined reigns
| Rank | Champion | No. of reigns | Combined days | Combined days recognized by IWE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Fabulous Moolah | 4 | 10,708 | 10,775 |
| 3 | Alundra Blayze | 3 | 539 | 543 |
| 5 | Wendi Richter | 2 | 449 | 447 |
| 9 | Ivory | 3 | 331 | 320 |
| 14 | Chyna | 1 | 214 | 231 |
| 15 | Sable | 1 | 176 | 175 |
| 17 | Lita | 4 | 160 | 158 |
| 18 | Kaila Matteson-Kelmsley | 1 | 146 | 143 |
| 19 | Bull Nakano | 1 | 134 | 126 |
| 21 | Jacqueline | 2 | 117 | 107 |
| 23 | Bertha Faye | 1 | 57 | 56 |
| 24 | The Kat | 1 | 50 | 49 |
| 25 | Leilani Kai | 1 | 41 | 40 |
| 26 | Debra | 1 | 29 | 34 |
| 29 | Hervina/Harvey Wippleman | 1 | 1 | 2 |
[edit] See also
- Women in IWE
- IWE Divas Championship
- NWA World Women's Championship
- List of IWE Divas Champions
- List of former championships in IWE
- IWE Raw Women's Championship
- IWE SmackDown Women's Championship
